AWS User Group Singapore

🚀 Kicking Off 2026 Together – First AWS Meetup of the Year

Hello AWS Community! A new year is here, and we are starting 2026 the best way we know how, by coming together to learn, build, and share real world AWS experiences. Join us on Thursday, 29th January 2026, for the first AWS User Group Singapore Meetup of the year at the AWS Singapore Office, IOI Central Boulevard.

This meetup marks the beginning of another exciting year for the community. Expect fresh perspectives, practical cloud lessons, and conversations shaped by what teams are building right now. Whether you are setting goals for the year ahead, exploring new architectures, or simply reconnecting with fellow builders, this is the perfect place to start 2026 strong.

Let us set the tone for the year ahead and grow together as one AWS community.

📢 IMPORTANT! Registration Information
To ensure a smooth check-in process, please take note of the following:
✅ Confirmed attendees will receive a confirmation email before the event titled "AWS User Group Singapore: Registration Confirmed for AWS User Group Meetup – January 2026". You must present this email at the Level 1 Concierge to gain access to Level 5 for attendance verification.
🚶 Walk-ins (those without a confirmation email) will only be considered if the venue has not reached full capacity. Priority will be given to registered attendees with confirmation emails.
🔒 Strictly enforced: No confirmation email = walk-in. Entry not guaranteed.

📅 Date: Thursday, 29th January 2026
🕡 Time: 6.30pm
📍 Location: AWS Singapore; 2 Central Blvd, IOI Central Boulevard East Towers, Level 5

🎤 Meetup Track

✅ Lessons from Simulating AWS T3 CPU Throttling
📌 Speaker: Goh Chun Lin - Grafana Community Lead, Singapore
Chun Lin explores the CPU Credits system if AWS burstable instances (T3) and the architectural risks of the credit system. The session combines observability techniques with Amazon CloudWatch, Grafana, and Discrete Event Simulation (DES) to reveal how to visualise and model the token bucket algorithm in AWS.

✅ Automate and Optimize your Kubernetes / EKS
📌 Speaker: Amit Pahwa - Director, Solutions Engineering - APAC Cast AI

✅ The Real Battle Begins After You Build the Agent
📌 Speaker: Lahiru Ratnayaka - Software Engineer (Leading Southeast Asian Bank)

Building an AI agent is just the beginning. This session looks beyond the initial build to explore the challenges that emerge as agents move toward real-world use and how AWS Bedrock AgentCore fits into this journey from an engineering perspective

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